Does the world need more books, films, and franchises that marginalize women, promote vilified, sexualized, and dumbed-down female stereotypes, and center violent men as a Hero?​

​If only "boring and cliché" were the worst things about that tired old paradigm.

Lately, we see a trend of putting women lead roles in action films, as though that is some pithy feminist commentary in and of itself. These stories aren’t devoid of useful metaphor, but for the most part, the heroine is still using violence to solve her problems, and therein lies the rub.

​Think about it. How many women do you know who use violence to solve problems?

And will it be violence that finally heals the world from ten thousand years of patriarchy?

Where will we get the tools to change our culture?

By changing the stories we tell.

Stories shape our world, and considering the near-total dearth of mainstream media that passes a bare-minimum Bechdel Test...it's time to raise the bar.

Let's work together to change the narrative.

Writers

Do you write struggle with writer's block, imposter syndrome, or a general resistance and lack of discipline? Do you feel like mainstream culture is constantly sending the message that your stories don't matter?

Women

Female authors and readers alike experience feelings of alienation and oppression due to constant objectification, marginalization, and generally awful female character writing. Want to flip that script?

Change-Makers

Engaging, original, stories that inspire readers to live healthy, sovereign, and ecologically sane lives can be difficult to write without sounding cheesy or pedantic. Want to learn how to write through your most authentic and powerful voice?

​Spend a year crafting a powerful, authentic story that subverts patriarchy and elevates a culture of kindness, curiosity, and non-violence. We'll analyze, expand, and redesign the classic hero’s journey into a new, emergent pattern, and use that develop a narrative, a theme, compelling characters, and a working first draft of your novel, memoir, or screenplay.

Learn how to write a heroine's journey, one step at a time, while crafting your book-length novel, memoir, or screenplay.

A clear, actionable roadmap.

Use a three-fold strategy to write subversive, ecofeminist stories, in any genre.

Structure

Each and every step in your plot contributes to the paradigm you're creating. Learn an ecofeminist formula for building a narrative that provokes thought and inspires action

Armature

The underlying themes and messages in your story contribute to the way our culture evolves, for good or for ill. Learn to infuse your core beliefs into the bones of your story.

Archetype

Your characters are the colors on the canvas of your writing, and they're the key to an unforgettable story. Learn how to use archetypal language and imagery to communicate messages that resonate.

A new formula, for any genre.

Learn a storytelling structure that is decidedly ecofeminist, based on the unique set of challenges that women face in the real world. Because the classic hero's journey pattern is so effective, and so compelling, we don't eschew it completely. Instead, we balance it, embrace it, and bring it into step with a culture we can be proud to help create.

A community of ecofeminist writers.

This program isn't just about our stories. It's about us, as living, breathing human women who care about the future of humanity and the Earth. As we navigate the Heroine's Journey curriculum, we also explore what it means, in our own lives, to be the vectors for these stories. And we do it together.

A manuscript you can publish.

Or should I call it a WOmanuscript?!? And yes, if you do the homework and follow the very realistic pace of the course, you will end up with a readable, submittable draft manuscript of your original novel, memoir, or screenplay. And if you're struggling with writer's block and other resistances, we'll tackle that too!

Hola! I'm Heather. I'm a published author, a full-time writer, and a credentialed, experienced teacher. I’ve spent the last two decades focused on learning how to write stories that feature female characters who represent both an accurate representation of the complexity of what it means to be a woman, and also provide a healthy role model...because that's what literature does: it shapes culture. And, as culture makers, our stories are one of our most powerful tools.

I'm not the only woman who’s been down this heroine's journey rabbit-hole. Lots of amazing scholars and writers are also on this quest, and I’ve included many of those works as resources throughout the course. However, I am the only one who has taken this treasure chest of resources and created an accessible, actionable online course that walks you, step-by-step, through the conception and manifestation of a book-length work that speaks truth to power and tells your unique, authentic story in a voice that is meaningful to you and your audience.

Write your book. Change the world. Meet other women writers.

​Take a yearlong deep-dive into what it means to create stories that liberate rather than oppress. We'll use a new, emergent pattern to develop a narrative, a theme, compelling characters, and a working first draft of your novel, memoir, or screenplay.